June Squibb

Squibb began working in musical theatre at the St Louis Muny and trained at the Cleveland Play House and at the HB Studio While at the Cleveland Play House she performed in productions of Marseilles The Plays the Thing Goodbye My Fancy The Heiress Detective Story Antigone Ladies in Retirement and Bloomer Girl In 1958 she played Dulcie in The Boyfriend OffBroadway In 1959 she starred in an OffBroadway revival of Lend an Ear with Elizabeth Allen She made her Broadway debut in the original production of Gypsy starring Ethel Merman taking over the role of stripper Electra in 1960 Squibb appeared in The Happy Time which opened in 1968 and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical Inbetween these periods she did modelling work for romance novels and appeared in commercials In 1995 she appeared in the play Sacrilege on Broadway which starred Ellen Burstyn Squibb played many roles in national tours regional theatre summer stock and offBroadway In 2012 she played Stella Gordon in Dividing the Estate at the Dallas Theater Center in which she received standout reviews She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Alexander Paynes film Nebraska In 2015 she was inducted into the Cleveland Play House Hall of Fame Squibb will appear in the Disney film Godmothered